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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 126363" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Kathy</p><p> </p><p>As most here know, thanks to Nichole, I have a revolving door as far as bringing in young animals. (although no more)</p><p> </p><p>We don't have an older dog on a special diet, but our method might help you. When a new pup arrives, older dogs and pup don't eat together. Older dogs eat in the kitchen as normal and pup eats in the livingroom. There is a gate seperating the rooms. We have reversed it with messy pups, but I prefer our normal set up as it also lets me scoop pup up and take out to potty right away.</p><p> </p><p>We came up with the above method because while our dog Molly would snub her nose at puppy chow as a puppy, bring a new pup in and suddenly she thinks its gourmet dog food. lol And Betsy will just plain eat anything. So if we didn't seperate them, puppy wouldn't get a bite of her own food.</p><p> </p><p>If you use a crate, puppy should have no trouble with you being at work. Although at first their might be a few surprises til pup learns to hold it well. However, you won't be able to dawdle to take it out as soon as you get home. Because for a while, it'll have to go BAD once you get home. </p><p> </p><p>I don't recommend placing pup's food into the crate. Bad habits and causes accidents. Feed/potty/play with pup before you leave, maybe someone could stop in to feed/play/potty pup at noon, and then you can take over when you get home. Nichole did this exact routine for boyfriend's Mom when she got their new puppy. Worked wonderfully.</p><p> </p><p>Our foster pup Grace learned right away to hold it in the crate. We only had one mess, and I guess that was enough for her. lol But she was older, 3 mos when she came. She does well in her crate while we're at school or gone from the house, or even if we're studying and can't watch her.</p><p> </p><p>New pups are fun. (when you're not already over crowded) I hope you decide to bring a new baby home. Of course we have to see pics of the new baby when you do.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p> </p><p>Hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 126363, member: 84"] Kathy As most here know, thanks to Nichole, I have a revolving door as far as bringing in young animals. (although no more) We don't have an older dog on a special diet, but our method might help you. When a new pup arrives, older dogs and pup don't eat together. Older dogs eat in the kitchen as normal and pup eats in the livingroom. There is a gate seperating the rooms. We have reversed it with messy pups, but I prefer our normal set up as it also lets me scoop pup up and take out to potty right away. We came up with the above method because while our dog Molly would snub her nose at puppy chow as a puppy, bring a new pup in and suddenly she thinks its gourmet dog food. lol And Betsy will just plain eat anything. So if we didn't seperate them, puppy wouldn't get a bite of her own food. If you use a crate, puppy should have no trouble with you being at work. Although at first their might be a few surprises til pup learns to hold it well. However, you won't be able to dawdle to take it out as soon as you get home. Because for a while, it'll have to go BAD once you get home. I don't recommend placing pup's food into the crate. Bad habits and causes accidents. Feed/potty/play with pup before you leave, maybe someone could stop in to feed/play/potty pup at noon, and then you can take over when you get home. Nichole did this exact routine for boyfriend's Mom when she got their new puppy. Worked wonderfully. Our foster pup Grace learned right away to hold it in the crate. We only had one mess, and I guess that was enough for her. lol But she was older, 3 mos when she came. She does well in her crate while we're at school or gone from the house, or even if we're studying and can't watch her. New pups are fun. (when you're not already over crowded) I hope you decide to bring a new baby home. Of course we have to see pics of the new baby when you do.:happy: Hugs [/QUOTE]
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